Yes, the white donor car is definitely messed up by the looks of the damage. But this white car must have been going through some sort of intersection and had not built up much speed, hence the front was not pushed in very much. The other car must have been going at a higher speed, left to right in relation to the white car, which would explain why the white cars frame rails are pushed to the right.
The white cars side airbags don’t look like they deployed, though the drivers airbag was. This seems indicitive of a low speed crash (as detected by the crash sensors).
Still, the car is definite a write off as it doesn’t take much to write cars off these days. Repair cost between 70% or 80% of the cars value and it’s done. I think, but not sure, that certain damage also results in a car being classified as a statutory write off irrespective of the cost to repair. I’m not a panel beater or a crash investigator but such screwed impact damage like this I’ve not seen in any crash test video.
This sort of damage doesn’t seem to happen in any frontal impact or an offset frontal impact crash tests videos I’ve seen. As such, I’d thing such glancing blow across the front are not tested during development.
Was it a violent crash, yes, as violent an a frontal impact, probably not but it would have been frightening for the occupant in any case.
Can such damage be fixed, absolutely. Would it be economical, absolutely not.
The good thing about this crashed white donor car is that IMO it’s the ideal candidate for spare parts as the vehicle itself didn’t suffer huge forces as seen in a true frontal impact or an offset frontal impact. That means the parts
@Thorby got are a good buy
Heres some crash test videos just cause I like seeing them
